Device fob stjppobttng ftjbnitttre-casters



HENRY E. RICHARDS,

(31" N It] XYA Il K.

NEW' JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING FURNITURE-CASTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,243. dated December 7, 1858.

To all whom it 'may conccrn:

Be it known that l, HENRY E. RICHARDS, of the eit v of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have in vented a new and useful device or rest for supporting and staying the casters of Sotas or other furniture and preventing the same from moving so long as the rest is in use.

l have denominated my invention the movable eelt' adjustingr furniture rest. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear. and exact description ot the construetion and operation of the same reference be ing had to the accompanying drawingsmaking a part ot'l this specification in which-- lfigure l. is a perspective view of a sofa havingr the -easter ot' the back or wall leg thereof supported by the rest substantially as when in actual use.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

lt is. well known that in the furniture now in use. great inconveuieliee is experienced Vfrom the tendency ot' the furniture when being seated upon or otherwise employed. to shove back against the wall or otherwise to change its position breaking or bruising itself and abrading the wall or paper ot the eeilinff. To overcome this ditiicult v. resort is frequently had to crude and unornamental devices, such as lashing the furniture down. fastening it with blocks of wood. or other like contrivanees.r all of which are inconvenient in themselves and are a source ot' vexation and labor. as often as the furniture is required to be changed in position. To overcome Yall these difficulties and at the Same time to afford a rest movable and self adjusting,y as well as simpledurable. and elegant is the objeet of my invention.

In Fig'. l is seen the whole rest cast and .fitted of brass or iron or other suitable inaterial. v

The eoneavity seen at A is for thecaster to tit into (Fig. 3) and the points or projection. B. B. B, render the rest self adjusting giving it a firm hold of the floor or earpet.'a1id preventing` it from slipping.

Fig. 2 shows the bottoni ot' the rest and the manner of castingr it in order to brinel out the points B. B. B and the eoncavit.)v A and to give the strongest. form consistant with the least` amount of metal.

'hat l claim as my invention and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, is-

A new article of manufacture fo a caster rest., consistingof the arrangement of the eoneavityv and the points B, B. B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

H EUR Y E. RICHARDS.

\\"itnesses:

DANIEL F. Touraine, ELIAS M. Conn. 

